A 47-year-old North Carolina man was arrested moments after a bank robbery when he was caught red-handed, Greenville police said.
Police were called at about 11 a.m. Saturday to the TD Bank on Wade Hampton Boulevard about a bank robbery that had just occurred.
A teller said the man passed a note to her, saying he had a gun and to give him $2,500. The teller put $500 and a dye pack into a bag and put it on the counter. The man took the bag and left the bank.
A short time later, an officer who was driving toward the bank on Wade Hampton Boulevard saw a man who matched the description. The officer said the man had a sweatshirt wrapped around his hand and he kept looking over his shoulder.
The officer said that he stopped and asked the man if he could speak with him, and the man put both his hands up with his palms facing toward the officer. The red dye from the bank’s dye pack was visible on the man’s hand, the officer said.
The officer said the man, later identified as Rodney Torain, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sweating profusely despite it being 55 degrees.
The officer said Torain asked why he was stopping him and he told him, “You match the description of someone we are looking for. And you have red dye on your hand.”
Police found the money, dye pack and a toy gun in Torain’s possession. He is charged with bank robbery.

GREENVILLE, S.C. —

A 47-year-old North Carolina man was arrested moments after a bank robbery when he was caught red-handed, Greenville police said.

Police were called at about 11 a.m. Saturday to the TD Bank on Wade Hampton Boulevard about a bank robbery that had just occurred.

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A teller said the man passed a note to her, saying he had a gun and to give him $2,500. The teller put $500 and a dye pack into a bag and put it on the counter. The man took the bag and left the bank.

A short time later, an officer who was driving toward the bank on Wade Hampton Boulevard saw a man who matched the description. The officer said the man had a sweatshirt wrapped around his hand and he kept looking over his shoulder.

The officer said that he stopped and asked the man if he could speak with him, and the man put both his hands up with his palms facing toward the officer. The red dye from the bank’s dye pack was visible on the man’s hand, the officer said.

The officer said the man, later identified as Rodney Torain, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sweating profusely despite it being 55 degrees.

The officer said Torain asked why he was stopping him and he told him, “You match the description of someone we are looking for. And you have red dye on your hand.”

Police found the money, dye pack and a toy gun in Torain’s possession. He is charged with bank robbery.